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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNewly emerged footage shows Alec Baldwin firing a prop gun on the set of Rust, days before the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Hutchins, 42, was killed after a prop gun held by Baldwin, 65, discharged a real bullet while they were filming the Western movie in 2021. Baldwin has consistently denied pulling the trigger on the prop weapon.On Wednesday (15 November), NBC…

There is something deeply irksome about this film: it’s called 97 Minutes and yet is, in fact, roughly 93 minutes long. Not that making it longer would have improved it particularly, but ensuring it unfolded in real time would have slightly enhanced, at least in formal terms, an otherwise decent but nondescript action thriller. In this film’s world, the clock starts ticking when a vaguely defined quasi-Slavic terrorist cell hijack a plane bound for JFK over the Atlantic Ocean. During the tussle for control, the pilot is…

How awful is it to hear about eating a lion’s heart? But it really happened. Jocelyn and Alec Wildenstein killed a lion and ate its heart on their first date. The 82-year-old socialite, who was married to Wildenstein due to her extensive cosmetic surgery, first met her late ex-husband while she was on Safari in Africa. He was living at his family’s Ol Jogi farm, north of Nairobi, and she recalled the unconventional beginnings of their romance, acknowledging the latter’s ritual after the killing gave them a “certain…

Judge approves Alec Baldwin’s settlement agreement with Halyna Hutchins’ family (Picture Credit: Bang Showbiz & IMDB) Alec Baldwin’s settlement agreement with the family of Halyna Hutchins has been approved by a judge. The cinematographer died on the set of the western movie ‘Rust’ in October 2021, aged 42. The Hollywood star’s agreement with the family has now been approved by a judge, after Baldwin and the film’s producers were sued for wrongful death in 2022. Judge Bryan Biedscheid explained on Thursday…

A server trying to do her job at a gala Alec Baldwin attended last week in New York City has shared new details about how the famously hotheaded actor “patronizingly” scolded her and called her a “peasant” as she walked away. The young woman’s account of her tense encounter with Baldwin at the star-studded 2023 PEN America Spring Literary Gala Thursday night suggests that the actor has perhaps not learned patience, kindness and humility after living through the horror of accidentally killing another human being. It also…

For anyone who thought that Alec Baldwin had learned patience, kindness and humility after enduring the trauma of accidentally killing another human being, you might want to think again. The actor, who is famous for his belligerence towards anyone who crosses him, berated a young female server at the 2023 PEN America Spring Literary Gala Thursday night, Page Six reported. Her offense? She began to set out guests’ dinner plates while he was still standing and talking to someone, a witness told Page Six. Baldwin’s scolding…

In sharing news that she had given birth to a baby girl, Ireland Baldwin concealed her newborn’s face in a photo she posted on Instagram. This gesture that suggests she won’t be adopting the controversial social media habits of her father and stepmother, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, who keep their seven young children in the media spotlight by constantly posting photos and sharing private information about them. The photo that Ireland Baldwin, 27, posted Thursday showed her cuddling with her new daughter, Holland, and…

As part of the behind-the-scenes deal making that takes places at the Cannes Film Festival, producers for Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” are looking for someone who wants to buy and distribute the movie, which will forever be known for the accidental shooting death of its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Ryan Donnell Smith, a producer for “Rust,” confirmed to the New York Times Tuesday that he was at the festival, looking for international buyers who will help get the Western into theaters. That is, if audiences are clamoring to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAlec Baldwin posted a cheery photo on Monday (15 May) to mark the last day of filming on Rust, leading many to criticise the actor for being “tone-deaf”.Production on the western movie recently resumed at Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana. It had previously been halted when the star, 65, accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set in 2021.After the incident,…

Photo via Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office The Alec Baldwin-starring Rust is headed to the Cannes sales market nearly 18 months after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The Western was first announced three years ago, but production halted after a revolver held by Baldwin was discharged on set, killing Hutchins and wounding writer/director Joel Souza. Both Baldwin and Souza are producers on the project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the film has returned to the Cannes market with backing from…